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i WRITES SPEECH TO ORDER. | ie Woman Finds it a Profitable Occupa- t V tion.?Many Requests from Parents to <. | Prepare Graduation Addrscses. 1 H Now York, December 21?"It 1 JHHmawkcs 110 difference whether the < pspcei h is for a feast or a funeral, t I ' ready to write it and I 1 iB guarantee satisfaction." The speak- t M was a young woman who occujjpffl ",1 apartment in a studio build- 1 JjWrJng only a few doors from Fifth ; f l$rVC,UlC' "^y charges are from $io 1 F fi$aK? $IO? ^01 a speech, and from $5 .< ' Hn? $2vS for teaching how it should ; agape delivered. q "This is my busy season, for ev- 1 .dfflft *fybody who has any ambition to < !|prv be known as a speaker has some- j .J^K thing to say at Christmas festivi- \ TOPwIr tics. Tf you will let me glance 1 HPr over niy hooks f()1' a moment I can < raaj tell you just what I have on hand. ; T11 the way of Christmas greetings, ( lW at Christmas trees and such occasions I have already delivered and yet' to be called for thirty-seven speeches. Ott* this number only , four are to be taught. I mean 011- ] ly four of the thirty-seven persons ' who are to deliver them have come if to me to learn how to speak their ' 1 speeches. Six of them are old pupils and would have taken lessons liad 1 thought it necessary. Twenty ( are new customers. || "There are just 102 names 011 my books for toasts and replies to toasts to be delivered within the ! next two months. Most of them re- j fer to Christmas, but others are for Washington's birthday, Lin- : JJj coin's birthday, Lee's birthday, and ! some few for St. Valentine's. As to toasts on 'women,' 'our wives' or ' 'our sweethearts' I keep a supply 3 on hand. I write them whenever I have a moment to spare, knowing only too well they will be taken oil ' || my hands almost any day. "Most of the women customers , want patriotic speeches or cleverly worded toasts. Sometimes it is a reply. 'To the Ladies,' but not of- , ten as one might expect. As a rule I v T think that women who attend ; men's dinners arc quite willing to allow the men to do the talking. 1 -J have had some amusing incidents , connected with my women customers. but nothing like the side-splitting affairs with the men. 1 "There is ;i certain man in this ' ? town with something of a reputation as an after-dinner speaker, a huirjbrist, who comes to me for every word he utters in public. 1 Te ' was among my first customers. A few weeks after f opened my of- 1 fice, when T was doing- all the busi- 1 ness alone, that man appeared one y|| morning and stated his wants and said he could only give me two 1 days to write the speech. He was isuch an awkward ungainly sort 1 Wjfis ?f a man that T hadn't the slightest ' suspicion of his position. Tie didn't say where the speech was to be delivered, only gave me the subierlS'' said that he wanted something verv 1 JmJ good and was quite willing* to pay for it. ' ' "He was on hand promptly to get * the speech and as promptly turned fllii 'n ^10 other half (if my fee for writW ing it. Then he asked if I would object to reading it over to him. i^|f||? As this was to be his maiden effort '!%!$ he wanted to hear just how it a||ii would sound to his listeners. As there wasv 11. lack of self-confillllll deuce, T suggested that he do the reading and let me make correc ffNlr ti?ns, if any were necessary. Such Mflif reading. I never heard before and ; Mmfik never expect to hear again. He '11111' emphasized every 'and' 'the' and lifli 'but' in the paper to such an extent f'Msil ^1C other words had no cxis-}{0 tence. It was the funniest effort $lw at rca<hn? T had ever heard. I have considerable self-control, but no^ enol,?h to have taken me through that man's performance. When I began to smile f simply! I couldn't slop: the laugh had loj come on!. When finally 1 cou'd! control i. y.-(!f sufficiently to ex-! plain the man wasn't the slightest bit offended. "'That is all right,' he replied. 'Tt shall go that way. I want the fellows to laugh. Don't matter if the speech is intended to be serious. T hate a serious dinner. I'll give the fellows something to "lie gave them something to laugh at, for the next morning the papers told of his speech. They all 1 agreed that it wasn't what lie said, ( but the way lie said it. Oh, he's a famous after dinner speaker now. My other customers don't know it of course, but he gets the refusal of all my work, speeches and toasts. He is able and willing to pay. It is a matter of business with me. The last time 1 saw him was on the street. He was much disturbed. He said his toast the night before uuln't been as successful as usua [Ie was sure it wasn't the fault o he toast, but of the delivery, be rausc he was learning to read an eeite like other men. lie want ;d to know if I couldn't give hit essons, teaching how he used t lo. That was impossible and old him so. No civilized hunia >eing except himself had ever don is he had done. "Women as a rule don't car nuc'' about their delivery. The say. and 1 expect they are quit right, that the members of tliei ;lubs never listen to the spcechc md papers read at their .meetings They either sit and whisper or the think about outside affairs. l"he lo the thing for tue sake of the rc wtation it gives them and to se their name in the papers of the rc jorts of the meetings. If one of m speeches is printed in a magazine i paper or an annual I require a ixtra payment. "Women never object lo thi. rhev seem quite satisfied with tli eputation of having produce something worth printing. Me ire not so easily satisfied. I he hink one payment ought to suffic mless they get some money rc turns for the printed article. Eve then Ihcv will haggle about it. O :ourse, I,always have one argti mcnt to bring them to their sense: I always ask: 'What would you friends and the public say if should insert as an advertiscmer my affidavit claiming that article a he product of my brain and rc search? T don't have to ask th<i question often, however, I at thankful to say. People as a rul ire willing to stand by their bar ^ains. "Next to the Christmas seaso the graduation season is the bus ?st for me. I couldn't begin lo tc vou how many graduation spcechc T have written in my time. .A least half my orders for sue speeches come from the parents c the boy or girl to tyi graduate* When T remind them that boys an ^irls arc not supposed to get assist ;incc in such work it does no goo< only distresses them. "My methods arc very simpl To begin with T came to New Yor with (he intention of writing fc the papers. T didn't make much c i success, and seeing this openin I determined to step in the breac and try my hand at working up business. Realizing the nccessi! of a convenient locality T rente this studio. From some half doze customers, most of them club wc men, my business lias grown unt now I am : ""d to employ two n gular assistan. . and am alrcad dreading the day whc. another \yi have to be broken in. ")ne assis Eint does my office work, while tl other spends all her time in tl libraries. I have to have materi; to build up articles and speeches o nnd it is her business to get r much as the libraries can give. "Couldn't T make as much moi ev as a magazine or newspapc writer? 1 certainly don't believe could make half as much. There ;i great difference between speal ing and reading. A speech or art cle that would pass muster and e> en be considered clever when we spoken might prove both flat ar unprofitable reading. There nothing original un mv work? few jokes, not always new: a fe Facts, historical or to suit the sul jeet under discussion, clothed i good English. Any well educate woman willing to give her tin and mind to it might do as well, is lack of time among the peop who arc rushing about, in their c forts to keep up with every thin more than anything else that pu money in my pockets. The m jority of the men and wonn whose speeches and toasts I su plv could do just as well tlicmsc ves if thev only had the time I think ihem out." - + OAPT. GRIFFITH MARRIES. Sperinteiulent of Penitentiary Wet Lexington Woman. Columbia, January 7.?This a tornoon, at the home of the bri< in Lexington county, Mrs. Si Kinsler and Capt. D. J. Griffil were married, the Rev. C. A. Free :>f Columbia, officiating. Cap Griffith is the superintendent of tl state penitentiary, a position whic he has held for nearly ten year and lie was formerly senator fro Lexington county. Immediate after the wedding Capt. and Mr Griffith left for Knoxvillc, whei they will visit Capt. Griffith daughter, Mrs. Bricc, former Miss Bertha Griffith. 1 ( \ 'f STATEMENT ?OF? _ THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF NEW'^KRY, S. C n under call of State Bank Examinei u,t close of busines 0 December 16, 1907. 1 3ESC JT^ES. 11 Loans and discounts $313,666 4 ? Overdrafts 7,199 ? _ Furntiure and fixtures - 3,116 ? J Cash in vault 35,041 03 e Cash in other Banks 72,674 93 ; - 107,715 ? ? $431,699.5 LIABILITIES. yy Capital Stock $ 50,000 ( Undivided profits (less expenses paid) - 49,222 5 c Dividend, (u^p*;d) 940 ( Cashier's checks - 800 ( y Deposits, Banks 7,910 74 ^ Deposits, Individual 322,826 31 330, *S7 ( $431,699 i c JNO. M. KINARD, Pres. O. B. MAYER, Vice-Pre ,1 J Y. McFALL. Cashier " 4 Per Cent. *c Interest Paid in our Savings Department. ) iWe Lend Mone) is t TO II c Buy Homes! iWe provide oasy terms of payment. ? We enable borrow^ s to accumulate a fun ]f in Monthly Installments, cn which interest ((l allowed to meet ob '>g ations at maturity. ' It is cheaper than paying rent. If you war c. io save money to buy a home take a Securii k Contract. >r >f If you want to save money for any purpos ?' take a Security Contract. It pays. a Call on A. J. Gibson, Asstant Secretary an Treasurer, at office, corner Boyce and Adanr n streets, next door to Copeland Brothers. SECURITY LOAN AMD INVESTMENT S( ly 3!JKWBIU 33. E Y, fix. O. 11 t ^ ^ am-m mnmwammmmMMMumuBaijaziwsraiaanrviTMl auaa# sai eg oamictt . 10 ? 77 I Resolved //fr^\sr\ THAT DURING THE LAST 'rAU In li YEAR WE HAVE BUILT VJP i 7/vJ/ AN HotCSTTPADE" VlTH is JTh HONEST, PEOPLE BtSEiUiMC (f\\ HONEST GOODS AT HOW EST II *4^/ PRICES-NEXT Year SAME fcv MET'^P5 BU5TERBROWIV ?L?H { -^^y?J '1- buiioinc womrsttrade* 3 | 5 | ?(ou-tit+su //?? ? |Q Ohhmt Hoi.nv THI ?UJT?R HtWH OO^ui,"Aio. " J ^ ?*' WE FEEL THAT WE CAN LooK OUR. PATROf SQVARE IN THE FACE AND W1.SH THEM A HAPF NEW YEAR., BECAU.SE WITHIN OUR..SELVE.S V, ,s ARE C0N.SC.I0U.S OF' HAVING TREATED OUR PA" RoN.5 RIGHT IN THE PA.ST. OUR PATRoNAi PROVED TH1.S. IN THE YEAR TO COME WE C/ f- PROMISE TO DO NO MORE THAN IN THE YEAF THAT HAVE PA.S.5ED. WE NEED NOT, WE KNO\ t1> EXTEND ANYTHING BUT THANKS To OUR Ol <> PATRONS. WE KNOW THEY NEED No INVIT/ 1C TION TO COME To OUR. .STORE. To THO.SE W1 :h HAVE NOT YET COME OUR WAY, To THE ?STRAl s' GER IN OUR TOWN, WE EXTEND, HOWEVER., / INVITATION TO COME AND .SEE U.S. s. * RESPECTFULLY, 's EWART-PERRY Co., Iy COR. MAIN AND COLLEGE STt REPORT To the State Bank Examiner of the condition of The Exchange '' Bank of Newberry, S. C., at the close of business December 16th, 1907. (condensed) resources: ^ Loans and discounts $161,790 26 Overdrafts 3,479 93 Furniture and fixtures 3,636 92 Cash and Exchange 10,601 07 J5 $179,508 18 jq liabilities: >q Capital stock $ 50,000 ()0 )0 Undivided profits, net 9,094 42 )0 Unpaid dividends 12 50 Cashier's Checks 2,049 10 ur Deposits, Banks $ 2,779 72 _ Deposits, individual 111,072 44?-113,852 16 Bills payable 4,500 00 $179,508 18 MkmmeaBTsm rmiM mm as*^v - WANTED! | Our friends to know that we have added J a to our stock a nice line of I TENNEY'S CANDY, I Tenney's Cream Cake Chocolate, Ghoco late Almonds. 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